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jinx2898
May 03, 2003, 07:17 PM
had some Bullsh*t get into my PC . trying to delete the entire folder but costantly telling me ".exe is in use or "disk is full" . its one of those folders that cause pop ups. dont now how it got past my norton AV. thanks to all

spoondog
May 03, 2003, 07:47 PM
you need to press ctrl+alt+del and end the task of the .exe so it is no longer in use.Then delete the folder.

jinx2898
May 03, 2003, 08:54 PM
tried that, do not see anything running in task box

spoondog
May 03, 2003, 09:02 PM
Try start-run and type msconfig and see if the item is loading at startup.
if so uncheck it and restart.

You could also try the deltree command after booting into dos.

jinx2898
May 03, 2003, 09:12 PM
worked like a charm thank you very much

Nevy
May 04, 2003, 08:16 PM
Delete in DOS.